Colgate University is located in rural Hamilton, NY with a student body of 2,800 undergraduates and a small number of graduate students. 90% of students graduate within six years and 100% of displayed financial need is met. The average class size is 17 and the faculty to student ratio is 9:1. Most students live on campus and the most popular majors are within the social sciences. They offer an extensive study abroad program and even domestic exchange for students wanting to experience college in a city. Colgate has many guest lecturers and performers coming to campus regularly, in fact when going on the website the first thing that was displayed was a concert by Aretha Franklin coming up early March. Colgate campus is home to the college's Anthropology Museum, an observatory, a laser lab and top notch science facilities. Colgate is Division I and their women's basketball team is extremely popular. Notable alumni include Bennet Cohen '80 and Lydia Woodward '73. Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (Free ice cream for his Alma Mater?) and Lydia is a screenwriter and producer for ER, Citizen Baines and Pan Am. Colgate has a Climate Action plan that intends to make the campus carbon neutral by 2019. Click
here for a more comprehensive explanation of this innovative plan. Among many other sustainability programs that run throughout the school year the next upcoming program is 13 Days of Green. This program is 13 days of education and lectures offered to students and the campus community. Colgate focuses on having an inclusive learning environment that tries to expand the levels of thought of their students. Having these awesome extracurricular opportunities allows students and the community to continue learning outside of the lecture hall and through human interaction.
